Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007. / Title from title screen (site viewed Sept. 18, 2008). PDF text: vii, 380 p. : col. maps ; 3 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3305947. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Helsinki. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-180).

Thesis (doctoral)--Lund University, 1997. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 96 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-96).

Thesis (doctoral)--Lund University, 1997. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted.

A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of the witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in part fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Medicine in psychiatry. / A descriptive study of 130 suicide attempts seen at the psychiatric department, Baragwanath Hospital during the six month period 01/01/89 to 30/06/89 is presented. Demographic, clinical and psychosocial data were reviewed and discussed. A follow-up assessment was done six months after the suicide attempt. The patients who had attempted suicide made up 10% of the patients seen at the psychiatric department. Seventy six percent of the patients that attempted suicide were under the age of 30 years. The male:female ratio was 1:2. The ingestion of chemicals (65%) was the predominant method used, The major predisposing factor was interpersonal conflict (70%). It was found that these patients were less likely than whites to have previously self-poisoned, have received previous psychiatric treatment, or be suffering from depression or a personality disorder. Sixty nine percent of the patients were given follow-up appointments. There was a poor followup rate (25%). A recurrence of suicidal behaviour within six months was 4%. / Andrew Chakane 2018

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The purpose of this thesis is to argue for the permissibility of assisted suicide in certain cases. Since the practice of assisted suicide involves the act of suicide, I have chosen to focus my arguments on a defense of the act of suicide in certain cases. I then argue that there is no moral difference between suicide and assisted suicide, so that in most cases if it is permissible for a person to take his or her own life then it ought to be permissible for him or her to receive suicide assistance. I accomplish this first by critically analzying the psychological view of suicide, which gives to rise to the incompetency argument, and by refuting numerous other arguments offered to demonstrate the unconditional moral impermissibility of suicide. I then defend suicide as being morally permissible if 1) the agent is competent; and 2) the suicide does not violate any overriding obligations that would not otherwise be violated. I also defend a notion of 'full permissibility', meaning an action that a person ought to be free to perform without justified paternalistic interference from others. An action, and thus a suicide, is fully permissible if it is morally permissible as well as rational for the person in question. In the final chapter I make the move from defending suicide in certain cases if it is permissible for a person to take his or her own life then it also ought to be permissible for him or her to receive assistance. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

Reproduction de : Thèse d'exercice : Médecine : Nancy 1 : 2005. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre.